The introduction to the document provides an overview for the target audience emphasizing the importance of systematic planning for geospatial data projects and its relationship to the Agency’s Quality System. The second chapter delineates the EPA policies on QA Project Plans. The third chapter discusses how QA Project Plan elements can be applied to geospatial data projects. The fourth chapter describes approaches to QA Project Plan elements for a geospatial module portion of a complex multi-organization project in risk assessment modeling as well as less complicated projects for a routine global positioning survey and creating a cartographic product from a spreadsheet to illustrate application of the graded approach discussed in Chapter 1.

QA/G-5i will provide guidance on data quality indicators (DQIs), including the PARRC parameters (i.e., precision, accuracy, reproducibility, representativeness, and comparability) and how they fit into the implementation of the DQO process. The guidance discusses the role of DQIs in sampling and analytical measurements.

Peer review of this document is complete. A final version has been drafted but has not been released as yet. Target date: Unknown.

QA/G-11 provides guidance for environmental technology projects.This development will be accomplished in two phases. This document provides relevant information on the design, construction, and operation of environmental technology and the quality assurance and quality controls practices needed to support them.

Requirements Documents (identified as QA/R-x) will also be the subject of chapters in the EPA Quality Manual for Environmental Programs. The Quality Manual requirements will apply to EPA Program Offices, Regions, and ORD laboratories. The QA/R-x versions will apply to EPA contractors and organizations receiving financial assistance from EPA (e.g., grants, cooperative agreements, and inter-agency agreements). They also will be issued as policy documents under the signature of the AA/OEI.

Guidance Documents (identified as QA/G-x) will be published as OEI reports after the appropriate peer and policy reviews and issued under the signature of the AA/OEI.

Other EPA Program and Region QA-Related Documents

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QA/G-4D is a PC-based software package designed to determine the feasibility of data quality objectives defined using the Data Quality Objectives (DQO) process. The software supplements the guidance provided in EPA QA/G-4. The previous DOS-based software has been replaced with a Windows-based software program.

QA/G-5M adapts the current EPA QA/G-5 for modeling projects emphasizing applicable QA Project Plan elements for example, assessment of acquired data and software/hardware configuration testing. Issues such as regulatory task focused systematic planning and the use of the graded approach to match model complexity to the need for evaluation and testing are also addressed.

QA/G-4D is a PC-based software package designed to determine the feasibility of data quality objectives defined using the Data Quality Objectives (DQO) process. The software supplements the guidance provided in EPA QA/G-4. The previous DOS-based software has been replaced with a Windows-based software program.